3541 Enemy surrender
What a group of poor people who left their hometowns and went out to make a living. They wanted to make more money when the prices were extremely high in the war, but they didn't expect to get themselves in.
Xu Zhanbiao sighed, "I want to make money in war? You must have that tough life! Now I'm throwing my life in this desert, you..."
"Give them some food, they are almost starving to death..."
A few compressed biscuits and a few cans were sent, and dozens of people ate them like a starving ghost reincarnated.
"General... Actually, there is no need to fight the fortress behind you like this... The dozen or so in front are all bandits, and the ones behind are all starving ghosts!"
The shopkeeper, the leader of the caravan, bowed to Xu Zhanbiao and shivered and said, "General, please take a look at the food of these rebels!"
Next to the dungeon is the warehouse. After smashing the chains, several local Uyghur women hugged each other and shivered in the corner. No one paid attention to these women. Xu Zhanbiao quickly began to search the enemy's material reserves.
This is obvious that it is in line with the information!
Xinjiang gives people the impression that the desert is vast and the land is vast and the people are poor, but that is all a misunderstanding among the people of the Central Plains. In fact, the living conditions of the people here are still good.
There are many deserts and cannot grow crops, but there are also few people. There are many grasslands and many cattle and sheep breeding. In addition, wheat and various fruits are widely planted, so people here can still solve the problem of food and clothing.
In the years of peace, when winter comes, people's staple food is naan and beef and mutton. There is no fresh vegetables. They can only eat dried vegetables stored in autumn, raisins, dried melons, etc.
Of course, milk tea, dry milk and other vitamin supplements are also indispensable!
But today, when I looked at the food reserves in the bunker, Xu Zhanbiao knew that this battle would be a sure victory!
I don’t know how many days I have been hanging the dark baked naan. When I opened it, I saw that the black-hearted noodles inside were not white at all! There were only a few dried lamb legs in the huge warehouse, and the wrinkled and all of them were gone.
There are some raisins and dried melons. After all, these are the specialties here in Hami, but there is no tea that is the most important for herders.
"General! You can never find a piece of tea in the entire southern Xinjiang. All tea in the Central Plains has been blocked... Agubo has almost stolen all the food from the people!"
"This is a place for war, you can also have some lamb leg meat, and you can also eat baked naan... In Hami City, people can only eat black and paste..."
"The rebels in the bunkers behind were all rebels from the Gansu-Shaanxi Rebellion. As long as you promise not to behead them, you will give them food... 80% of them will have to surrender!"
"Okay! Then do you dare to be this envoy? Wealth and honor are sought in danger. At that time, you will be much better than doing business!"
The old shopkeeper of the caravan has completely gone bankrupt. All the caravan has no property. If you want to make a comeback, you have to make a fortune!
"What's the matter afraid of it! As long as the general prepares a batch of meat and biscuits I just ate... I'll sell you the bones!"
The bloody battle at Xingxing Gorge lasted from 10 o'clock in the evening until 2 o'clock in the morning. After four hours of fierce battle, Xu Zhanbiao's troops lost the lives of four hundred brothers and conquered seven fortresses.
At this moment, the number of bunkers controlled by the Qing army in Xingxingxia has reached 19, which has exceeded the number of enemy troops. Moreover, the most dangerous position of the commanding heights has been occupied by the Qing army. Now the artillery is desperately pushing cannons to the commanding heights.
The enemy fortresses further away were almost hysterical. They subconsciously shot arrows and shot in places with abnormal movements in the darkness, and shouted desperately along the night wind.
Some fortresses even pushed out groups of Han slaves, shouting and saying, "Whoever dares to attack will kill them all!"
"Shameless!" Xu Zhanbiao hit the stone wall with a bang, his bones and joints dripping blood.
The old shopkeeper stuffed a piece of canned beef into his stomach, took another big sip of wine, and shouted to the caravan guys behind him, "We are bankrupt! The money we borrowed from our hometown can't be exchanged!"
"It's hard to go back to home! The general's mercy gives us a chance to turn the tables... push the cart and go as a lobbyist!"
I don’t know where I pulled a white cloth to make a white flag. The old shopkeeper took his friends with Feng Xiaoxiaoxi Yishuihan, and the heroes never returned so tragic.
"Don't shoot...we are here to deliver food...we are lobbyists..."
"The two armies will not kill each other in war..."
"What about the translation? Translate quickly... You are dumb, stop eating..."
Chinese, Mongolian, Uyghur... they were yelling in turn, and gunfire sounded in the dark bunker ahead, and bullets hit the Gobi Desert in front of the old shopkeeper, just half a meter away!
"I have to go forward if you beat me to death... We really gave food... You didn't see it... they were all canned and dried food!"
"The compressed biscuits sent by Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai... canned beef... Even if you die, you have to be a full devil! Listen to your advice, let's go over and say a few words..."
"We don't have weapons..."
People without adventurous spirit cannot become excellent businessmen. Today, Xu Zhanbiao understood that people who do business are really brave!
"Look, look... the door is open on the opposite side... I really let this old man bet right!" The soldiers watching the battle suddenly screamed excitedly.
"As long as you open the door, I don't believe it. Is there anyone who doesn't want to live a good life? Do you have to starve to death?"
As the wind, you can hear the roars in the camps in the distance and even the sound of smashing things. Slap and bang... There was actually gunshot sound in the middle.
People's hearts were in their throats. After half an hour, just as everyone lost their patience, the door of the camp suddenly opened, and the old shopkeeper excitedly waved the white flag on the village wall.
"These starving ghosts surrendered... As long as the general does not kill prisoners, they surrender..."
"Send someone to pick him up...quick..."
War is never just a matter on the battlefield. Sometimes a box of canned beef can change the situation!
Zuo Zongtang and the others really overestimated the ability of Agubai's rebel army to build. This group of people may be brave and cunning in war, and at the same time they can also attract the people.
But when it comes to economic development, the Qing Dynasty sent a sesame official and county magistrate who was a hundred times better than Agubo!
You have the ability to conquer the world, but can you build a world? Can you Aguber influence the strategic balance between Britain and Tsarist Russia in Central Asia?
You don't even know how to send an ambassador to the UK!
The old shopkeeper opened more than 30 canned beef in the enemy's territory, and each tasted it and tested it for a poison, and then the starving ghost snatched it crazily.
"General! Fortunately, I'm not humiliating my fate... The group of starving ghosts just now started fighting with their own meat!"
"They also shot and scared me, just want to know whether you will kill prisoners! If you don't kill them, they would rather do hard work for you, just eat and be full!"
Xu Zhanbiao clapped his hands, "Hahaha... I'm nicknamed General Pumpkin, so I can ignore the food! Let them do it!"
Chapter completed!